Vast Cold Grips Nation Hitting New York to New England
A major cold wave blankets the northeast and midwest as temperatures plunge near zero. Snow storms sweep Lake Erie and Ontario regions while parts of the South report frost and freezing rain, forcing school delays and transport disruptions across multiple states.
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New England
New York
North Carolina
Boonville
Erie
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Lake Erie
Lakes Erie
Ontari Erie
Oregon
New Eng
Florida
California
Pennsylvania
Don Herrick
Zerg
Associated Pressi
Georgia
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Eri¢ Interna
Tragedy in Westernville ends as man kills family then himself
Ralph MacLachlan shot his estranged wife and three others in Westernville New York before fleeing in a jeep toward Remsen. Police cornered him and he killed himself after a gunfight as officers closed in. several wounded included Mrs Pepper and her son James Jr.
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Herbert G. Pelkey
Associated Press
Westernville
N.Y
Ralph MacLachlan
Machachlan
New York
Jane Turke Ringrose
MacLachlan
Adirondack
Dominick DePaola Jr
Thomas Buck
Remsen
DePaola
Buck
Oneida
Oneida County
James Carnell
Campbell
Margaret
Public Schools Reopen On Borrowed Money
Youngstown Ohio public schools reopen due to borrowed funds after closing since November 27. More than 27 000 pupils must make up time until June 24. Officials warn a 1969 70 start depends on a new school levy approved by voters as tax rates remain unchanged.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown
New Year's Day Traffic Toll Sets Record Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a record one day toll of 161 deaths during the New Year holiday period ending at midnight. The toll surpasses 1957’s 160 and compares with 107 deaths in a recent nonholiday period. Bad weather hit the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes, while totals for the 1967 three day period reached 376.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
Northeast
Purse Snatcher Kills Man Who Gives Chase
St Louis AP Raymond Sansoutie 38 chased a purse thief after an attack on a woman. He fell in an alley after a shot. His wife Ruth 24 with three of their four children rushed to him as he died saying I love you. The thief escaped with Mrs Maude Robinsons purse containing $6. Grand Jury Association of St Louis sets up a trust fund for the Sansoutie family. He lived at Cadet Missouri near St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Raymond Sansoutie
Sansoucie
Ruth
Maude Robinson
Grand Jury Association of
Howard
Raymond
Deborah
Elmer Rosenthal
Grand Jury Association
Sansoucis
Ford Motor
Graduates' Antipoverty Pay Collected in Detroit NYC Program
Federal investigators found hundreds of high school graduates and some college students received government pay through Detroit antipoverty programs. GAO cited inadequate screening, poor follow up, and misuse of funds by sponsoring and local groups, questioning eligibility of over half of enrollees in the Mayors Committee program.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Detroit
Congress
General Accounting Office
Nyc
GAO
Roman Catholice Archdiocese of
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Mayors Committee
Reading Highlights and Politics in 1968 News
Inside reading section previews 1968 topics including women readers, Nixon medical exam, Speaker McCormack tenure, and city pages. A Missouri incident reports a 24 year old Raymond killed while pursuing a purse snatcher in St Louis, with Ruth Sensoucle and Howard among survivors.
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Nixon
Beck
Mouse McCormack
Daughter Of Novelist Found Slain In Ravine
HOLLYWOOD AP The 17 year old Marina Elizabeth Habe, daughter of novelist Harold Habe and actress Shelly Had, was found slain in a brushy ravine off Mulholland Drive. Police said she was last seen leaving with John Hornburg on Sunday night. No arrests announced. investigators pursue possible car and kidnapping leads.
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Hollywood
Hore
Chrismas Vaentwontrum College
Marina Elizabeth Habe
Hang Habe
Zurich
Switzerland
Elvise' Hardt
Nor
Nan Hamilton
Harold White
Hollywood Hills
Marina
Mulholland Drive
Robert Goulet
Pierre Salinger
Maria
John Hornburg
Brent Wood
Los Angeles
White
Hornburg
Eltry
Santa Monica
Miss Haedt
Rela T Tives
Shel
University of Hawaii
Habe
der Morgen
League of Nations
Airliner hijack aboard Olympic Airways brings Cairo detour
An Olympic Airways DCS jet was hijacked after takeoff from Crete en route to Athens by a Greek gunman. The pilot altered course to Cairo where 34 passengers and 5 crew waited, Cairo authorities reported. The hijacker, George Lamoretz, 23, was detained and the plan returned to Athens escorted by Ioannis Georgakis. The plane is owned by Aristotle Onassis.
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CATRO
Olympic Airways
Cairo
Jane
Crete
Athens
Egypt
Cairo Radio
George Lamoretz
Ioannis Georgakis
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Skorpies
Dr Blaiberg to Visit U S in Spring
Dr Phil Blaiberg, celebrating one year since his heart transplant, told New York reporters by telephone that he plans a U S visit in March or April. He cited cold weather and illness as delaying his trip and said he enjoyed a sunny Cape Town anniversary.
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New York
Philip Blaiberg
United States
Hong Kong
Blaiberg
Cape Town
South Africa
Stein
Day
Sol Stein
Bliberg
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Lachlin
Turkes
Peppers
MacLachlang
New York State
Ene
James Pepper
Mil
Ton Pepper
Mrs. MacLachlan
Mrs. Ringrose
Barbara Ringrose
Polles
Tigators
Anti Poverty Agency
Chicago
Tive
Mayors Committee For Human Resources
Potos
Ruth Sensoucle
51. Louis
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Wee Society
Wee
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